I almost think Aion does a better job in that particular area of lore than Rift does. Both games have the factions blaming each other for starting the civil war, but Aion places the starting incident so far in the past that the truth of who struck the first blow is pretty much unknowable, and over the centuries it's turned into one of those simmering ethnic feuds that's virtually impossible to end.
Meanwhile, Rift's faction split takes place only a few years before the in-game present day, but we're told virtually nothing about it. Somehow the Eldritch Horrors conquered the capital and killed the king, and an agent of theirs manipulated both factions into blaming each other, but that's literally all the detail we have. To be sure, the factions have good reason to be separate - they have very different policies on religion and technology - but I think the rationale for the civil war leans a little too hard on the Guardians' desire to stamp out heresy.
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Date: 2012-04-27 03:14 am (UTC)Meanwhile, Rift's faction split takes place only a few years before the in-game present day, but we're told virtually nothing about it. Somehow the Eldritch Horrors conquered the capital and killed the king, and an agent of theirs manipulated both factions into blaming each other, but that's literally all the detail we have. To be sure, the factions have good reason to be separate - they have very different policies on religion and technology - but I think the rationale for the civil war leans a little too hard on the Guardians' desire to stamp out heresy.